“Worshiper In Me”Javen feat. Jonathan NelsonFrom the forthcoming Tyscot CD Worship in the Now - Livewww.tyscot.comPraise leaders Javen and Jonathan Nelson form a strong duo on "Worshiper In Me," an elegant, well-developed P&W piece about tapping into the worshiper inside. The graceful melody backed ably by smooth background vocalists is [...]
To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet TraditionLynn Abbott and Doug SeroffUniversity Press of Mississippi, 458 pages, illus.www.upress.state.ms.usBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel BlogVenerable gospel music historians Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff decant the contents of their sizable notebooks into To Do This, [...]
“Shine On Me”Roscoe Robinson & the Birmingham Blind BoysArchie Brownlee selected quartet tenor (and future soul star) Roscoe Robinson to lead the Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi after his passing. After a few years with the Mississippi Blind Boys, Robinson teamed with Lawrence Abrams to organize the Blind Boys [...]
ATLANTA, GA (May 09, 2013) - Bounce TV (www.BounceTV.com), the nation’s first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans, will premiere its first original non-scripted series, Forever Jones is presented by Walmart on Wednesday, June 5th at 9:00 p.m. ET.Coming on the heels of Bounce TV’s successful original special, A Forever Jones [...]
Nada GrantSacrifice of Praise (2012)By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog“Love of My Life,” the opening track of singer-songwriter Nada Grant’s full-length CD, Sacrifice of Praise, is a love song to the Lord delivered in an attractively modernized ‘60s/’70s soft soul. The listener eagerly anticipates more tracks like it [...]
From my friend and fellow golden oldies gospel announcer, Mr. Kevin Nutt.LIST: Top 10 Gospel Songs from Mississippi :: Oxford American - The Southern Magazine of Good Writing
Whosoever SouthGoin’ HomePit Bull Productions (available May 14, 2013)www.whosoeversouth.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog After listening to the opening strains of a banjo, unheard of in African American sacred music, the bluesy wheeze of a harmonica, and a rap segment, all on one record, I knew this was not [...]
Turnabout is fair play, so since we showed Darlene McCoy's parody of "Take Me to the King," here is a video of Tamela Mann singing the original version, live at the 2013 Stellar Gospel Music Awards.
Blind Boys of Alabama – sharing the gospel for more than 70 years - Entertainment - Montgomery News
“Take Me Away”Kezaiyah (2013)http://www.cdbaby.com/m/cd/kezaiyahMaryland’s Kezaiyah (pron. kez-eye-ah) is parlaying her experience as a praise and worship leader at Jesus House, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in Silver Springs, into a solo career. Her pleasant and tuneful debut single, “Take Me Away,” reminds listeners that when life pushes them to the brink, God [...]
